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Originally Posted by _Q_
I don't think Arabs believe that Jews have no business in the region, but rather having their own independent state on land that used to be majority Arab. Also to many Arabs Judaism is a religion, not an ethnicity and therefore does not deserve it's own independent nation. It has nothing to do with pre-WW2 Germany style antisemitism. Jews lived fairly peacefully amongst Muslims and Christians for centuries before the creation of the State of Israel. There are still many Jewish communities living in North Africa and the Middle East at relative peace with their Muslim and Christian neighbours.
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Certainly there were some peaceful areas, but Anti-Semitism was pretty widespread in the region. Including many governments that threw in with the Nazi's.
In Yemin they passed a law in 1922 that Jewish orphans were to be force converted to Islam.
In 1947 in Yemen Muslims rioted with the help of police and killed 87 jews in a day and looted and destroyed businesses.
In one day in November 1945 I think in Libya nearly 200 jews were slaughtered and their businesses and synagogues were looted.
Look at actions of Mohammad Amin al-Husayni and his remarks on Radio Berlin in 1944
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Arabs, rise as one man and fight for your sacred rights. Kill the Jews wherever you find them. This pleases God, history, and religion. This saves your honor. God is with you
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Its great to theorize that the creation of Israel caused all of this mess and all of this anger and hatred, but that hatred and anger was in place long before the UN drew Israel on the map.
The creation of Israel created a justification of anti-jewish actions and the multiple attacks on Israel, but the Arab anti Jewish sentiments go further back then that. Israel is an excuse to hate, nothing more.